Republican bills aim to assist Illinois in its battle against fentanyl
Illinois lawmakers introduce bipartisan bills to combat fentanyl deaths by reclassifying overdoses, increasing penalties, and ensuring public safety.
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Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
Gov. JB Pritzker is asking lawmakers to pass a plan banning cellphones in schools during class time.
Illinois bill aims to add more oversight of homeschooling
Under the Homeschool Act, families would be required to tell their school districts when they decide to homeschool their children, ...
Legislation aims to help first-time homebuyers
Illinois lawmakers propose tax incentives for first-time homebuyers and property tax relief to address rising housing costs.
Lawmakers weigh whether to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’
Medical aid in dying, sometimes called assisted suicide, allows dying patients to end their own life. Disability advocates and doctors ...
Pritzker to call for expansion of 4-year degree offerings at some community colleges
Gov. JB Pritzker will outline a plan to allow some community colleges in Illinois offer four-year bachelor’s degrees.
Committee advances bill to ban vehicle searches based on smell of cannabis
A proposed bill would end Illinois’ requirement that cannabis be transported in vehicles in odor-proof containers.
Illinois lawmakers try again to ban certain food additives
Sen. Willie Preston says Illinois can’t wait for FDA to act on food additive bans.
Lawmakers introduce bills to punish sexual assault in schools, end fossil fuel investments
Illinois lawmakers filed bills on pensions and preventing sexual assault in schools.
Illinois lawmakers revive push to create prescription drug affordability board
Illinois lawmakers are pushing a prescription drug affordability board
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